17-Jan-2018
Colombo Gazette
The Sri Lankan Cabinet has approved the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to be signed with Singapore
21-Nov-2017
Colombo Gazette
The key objective of ETCA is to resolve the implementation issues on the existing free trade agreement with India.
21-Sep-2017
Daily Mirror.lk
If one analyses the costs and benefits then it isn’t that difficult to realize that ETCA is a decision by one country and the other is just obeying.
20-Jul-2017
Straits Times
Both Singapore and Sri Lanka are committed to concluding negotiations on a free trade agreement before the end of the year, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said in Colombo.
17-Jul-2017
Colombo Gazette
Dhaka has been negotiating the FTA with Colombo since 2013 to increase trade now worth $80 million every year.
24-May-2017
Daily Mirror.lk
Discussions on the proposed Sri Lanka-Malaysia free trade agreement have advanced into the scoping stage.
17-Apr-2017
Global Risk Insights
Sri Lanka expects to deepen existing FTA with India and to sign a FTA with Singapore and another with China. Sri Lanka also hopes to talk to Japan, Indonesia and other ASEAN countries with regards to FTAs.
10-Feb-2017
Daily Mirror.lk
Fear of economic domination by the ‘Big Brother’ has replaced the earlier fear of political and military dominance.